Adam Begley

Fast and furious: America Fantastica, by Tim O’Brien, reviewed

As the avalanche of lies issuing from the White House morphs into the pandemic, Covid becomes in an engine of justice in this rollicking satire on Trumpworld

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issue 09 December 2023
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  • America Fantastica

    Tim O’Brien

    Mariner Books, pp. 464, £20

It’s been said again and again but rarely so plainly illustrated: American life is now too berserk for fiction to keep up. Tim O’Brien’s wild, rollercoaster satire America Fantastica is as wacky as its title suggests; but it can’t compete with the daily trainwreck that calls itself the land of the free and the home of the brave.

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